Ugh, I'm so sick of this Kindred story that has literally went nowhere for 47 issues and counting now. He just gives Pete some bad dreams while bugs crawl around the page. It's dumb. Spencer has a habit of drawing his stories out way too long because he doesn't know what to do with them (Still waiting on Morning Glories to finish). He resurrects Sin Eater for some story where the Sin Eater literally eats super-villains sins. Again, it's dumb and it shits on one of Spider-Man's best stories in Th...

Sin eater Returns...but not in the way I expected. So first off we get a bit more of bug man invading Peter's dreams. In a creepy way he murders Peter in his dreams and get more ambiguous dialogue. Then we get to Sin Eater and I kind of wish I didn't read his stories back in the 80's now because this is basically a huge recap of it all until he rises once more. Once he comes back he isn't the same man you knew and instead of killing he takes your sins for his own...not that interesting. I was le...

This really drags on and all the different artists did not help.

Okay, I think the previous volume really set me up for a bigger reveal. Instead we got...the Sin Eater. And on top of that, the Sin Eater now has the supernatural ability to turn "sinners" (i.e. bad guys) into good guys somehow? And this power is so significant that he manages to neuter members of the Lethal Legion, which didn't become the big reveal that I wanted it to be.And for everything to end with a Sin Eater brand pseudo-Fight Club scenario that just...weirds me out. so this volume doesn'...

Tsk tsk, this is why I mostly read Marvel books online, this supposedly major Nick Spencer story does not fit in this one volume, and to make it worse these two mostly pointless books included! So... (view spoiler)[... moral dilemma time for Spidey, the Sin Eaters back and he's really removing people's 'badness, and his big target his Norma Osborn. Should Spidey just let him do it? Then other Spiders give input too (hide spoiler)]! The Sin Eater, one of Spidey's most memorable villains is brough...

So the first issue, #44 was useless. It basically just reminds you that Kindred is still lurking in the background. Does nothing to move the story. The next issue, Sins Rising prelude is mostly filler. The majority of that issue is just a recap of what happened in the Death of Jean Dewolfe story by Peter David. There’s a few pages in the beginning that adds some back story and the last 3 or so pages shows how the Sin Eater comes back. The story finally gets going in issue #45. The Sin Eater is b...

I had some hopes left, because the Sin Eater was one of the darkest characters in the '80s.Then Spencer resurected him and destroyed him by making him a mutated JUGGERNAUT!!!$&*^@$&^%@$ you Spencer. Now I can't wait finishing your STUPID run, you recycle-factory-man!Kids, do NOT buy & read these comics. They are GARBAGE!!!

I just couldn’t get into this one... What I’ve liked about this series so far is the goofiness, dad jokes, and absurdity, and maybe a little ill-fated romance here and there. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t familiar going into it, but Sin-Eater didn’t interest me at all, and this attempt at a dark storyline felt awkward and forced. Bring back the slapstick!

From the start of Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man run, the mysterious Kindred has been lurking in the background, planning to exact his revenge not on Spider-man, but on Peter Parker. However, for eight issues in, clues have been dropped whilst Peter is having nightmares about this entity he is unaware of, the constant teasing from Spencer is starting to get tedious. Now we are in the ninth volume, is Kindred getting round to exacting said revenge? Well, sort of.As Kindred resurrects Stanley C...

It takes some real guts for Nick Spencer to follow-up on one of the best Spidey stories ever, Amazing Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff. But he wins us over immediately with an introductory issue that's a deep look into Stan Carter's mind. For the rest of the arc, we then get a Sin Eater who is dramatically different from what we'd expect, presenting us with an interesting story.The only problem? We don't get an ending. For unfathomable reasons, the TPB ends one issue short of the end of the...

I’ll be honest, I’m more than a little disappointed that Nick Spencer and Marvel have brought back the Sin Eater. The original Sin Eater stories were some of the best Spidey stories ever and this feels disrespectful to their legacy and can only weaken their impact. You’d have thought they’d have learnt their lesson with the mishandling of the resurrection of Kraven.Despite these misgivings, it’s well written with decent art so I can’t bring myself to give it fewer than 3 stars.Be warned: this vo...

Kindred's latest move puts Spider-Man in the crosshairs of the resurrected Sin Eater - but the Sin Eater isn't out for blood this time. Instead, he wants to...cleanse souls? Ooph. Nick Spencer kicks it into high gear on the march towards Amazing Spider-Man #50. This arc feels a little scattershot to start with, but once the pieces fall into place, the real endgame of the story is even more impactful. The Sin Eater isn't exactly a villain on any Top Ten Spidey Villains list, but he manages to lea...

With art that is just average, storytelling that is mediocre and villians that seem to imitate life (we're in the middle of a pandemic, I want a little escapism) this one was a miss for me. Looking forward to the return of Green Goblin!

I'm reading this series at a run, having started it when it was already 75 issues deep, and as a result, I don't have the same quibbles that people have had with Spencer's run 'going nowhere' and such, because instead of waiting weeks between issues, I am waiting seconds.To be fair to other reviewers, I would have had the same concerns and annoyances if I was reading week-to-week or month-to-month, because Spencer has a whole ton of threads going that he seems to arbitrarily pick and put down. A...

This arc begins with Peter having dreaming about Overdrive and how he will be taken out by the Sin eater and that dream becomes reality. But the thing is Sin eater supposedly kills him is what he thinks but instead he takes away their sins. And the victim is sin free but reminisces about their crimes. The same happens with Lethal Legion and then Mister Negative. Its a compelling story as Peter is pushed to the far edge by Sin eater and he is challenging everything Peter stands for and its an ama...

The first snag in Spencer's Spidey run... at least for me.Kindred, the bad guy demon with all those worms and bugs that's been terrorizing Pete's life lately, has taken his next step to ruin Spider-Man, resurrecting Sin Eater. Apparently a huge Spider-Man villain in the 80's (whose origin is recapped here, thankfully), this cop-gone-bad "murders" sinners after making them repent. Not sure about the 80's version, but this version only makes their victims appear to be dead, allowing them to wake u...

I wanna rate this higher because I actually did like the story, I’m a fan of darker Spider-Man stories I think it was a good change of pace from the usual lighthearted stuff we’ve seen since hunted. But the story just ends right when it feels like it’s getting started, I think the collection should’ve collected more because this really has potential the set up is there. I might change my review after the next volume but as of right now I think this volume needed to collect a couple more issues a...

I find myself asking, why do I keep putting myself through this? Why do I keep plugging away at a run of comics I am obviously not enjoying, a run I have completed almost two thirds of?And really, I'm not sure. Part of it is the occasional desire I think we all have to experience The Worst Thing (and it cant just be me who gets this itch, otherwise things like MST3K wouldnt exist). And part if it is, after three slam-bang issues from The Beyond Board that did NOT get a "new #1 fresh start" (and

I’m conflicted on brining back the Sin eater from the dead but the story has promise. It’s use of mob mentality is relevant to the events of today.The art changes every issue which isn’t the best but I think the quality remains the same throughout, with the exception of the issue by Mark Bagely which is fantastic to look at.It does not include all the issues in the Sin Rising arc which is not great as the collection feels incomplete. I’d also like some progress on the Kindred arc, 47 issues in n...